EXPORTS HIGHLIGHTS FOR APRIL 2009
"(In April 2009), over the same period of the previous year, basic products grew 27.4%, totaling USD 5.594 billion, a record for any April on record; while manufactured goods (USD 5.041 billion) and semi-manufactured goods (USD 1.434 billion) registered a decline of 27.4% and 17.2%, respectively, considering the daily average.
Among basic products, the main highlights concern crude oil (+230.0%, up to USD 462 million), iron ore (+115.7%, up to USD 1.4 billion), soy meal (+54.5%, up to USD 418 million), soy beans (+15.8%, up to USD 1.5 billion), and poultry (+9.4%, up to USD 424 million)."
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And here are the tables with the data for selected products for March and April 2009, April 2008, and year-on-year and month-on-month calculations (email me for the Brazilian government's Excel spreadsheets with the complete data set - translated).
(Source: Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, and Commerce)
2 comments:
Henrique,
Very nice blog. I was wondering if you have any insights on the SDA-PDA merger. These are companies we follow here. And also has the swine flu has actually benefitted them given that for example mnay countries have banned Canadian pork?
I am slowly expanding coverage of Brazilian commodities and hope to get to poultry and beef soon. I'll put up a post on the SPA-PDA merger next week, given the many interesting news items that have come out in the local press about the merger.
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